Labour aides now openly talk of a new “coalition of chaos” to bring down the government when the final agreement is brought back to the Commons, by voting with hard-line Conservative rebels like Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the pro-Brexit caucus in the Commons, and the Scottish National Party against any proposed deal the government strikes with Brussels along the lines of May’s plan. [...]
“Go back to basics,” said one leading U.K. aide who has been intimately involved in the Brexit talks. “She has handled these negotiations in about as catastrophic a way as is imaginable. She failed to prepare for no deal and she allowed the entire thing to be pushed through the prism of Northern Ireland. What are you left with? We’re going to offer vassal state with a note attached saying ‘would you like your £39 billion by check or direct debit?’ It is catastrophic and she is to blame.” [...]
As MPs piled into parliament’s bars and restaurants at the end of the day, there was one silver lining for May’s team — the last vestiges of ambiguity that have hung over the Brexit process finally appear to have burned away, leaving the stark reality of the situation clear for all to see.
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